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Suburb profile ·Port Augusta LGA · SA ·5700

Wami Kata SA 5700

Wami Kata is in Port Augusta LGA, SA, postcode 5700, with population 19.

Limited data

Thin-context

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What to check

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Median house
No local house series
Median rent
No market rent dataset
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
14,469
14K via Port Augusta LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
2,732
58 added 12mo · 17MW

Price history

No price history available

Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.

Median mortgage · mth$1,300
Median rent · wk

Household income

$59K household · yr-22.3% vs SA suburb median
Personal
$30K
Family
$85K
Household
$59K
Crime 2024-25
3
15,789 per 100k
D10 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k15,789
Total incidents3· 2024-25
  • Assault150%
  • Break And Enter150%
  • Drug Offences00%
  • Fraud00%

Full data detail

Wami Kata SA — Property Data and Demographics

Wami Kata is a small, quiet locality in South Australia within the Port Augusta local government area (postcode 5700). With a population of 19, the suburb has a predominantly early-career demographic with a median age of 31. Households earn a median income of $59K per year, with an average household size of 3.2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.1% year-on-year at the LGA level. SA employment has moved +2.1% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. SA also had 23 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 2 underway, and 11 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The top ancestries reported are English, German, Australian.

The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,300.

The crime rate in the Port Augusta LGA is higher than average at 15,789 incidents per 100,000 population.

On the investment side, Population growth of +0.1% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+0.1%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentSA
Mortgage · mth$1,300
Rent · wk(Census)
Population growth · Port Augusta LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)14,469
5-year growth+0.1% CAGR
YoY change+0.1%
20012025
Development · Port Augusta LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)6
Houses6
Units1
YoY change+0%
Employment · Port Augusta LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)13.4%
YoY change+7.8pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 5700ATO
Negatively geared284 (4.8% of filers)
Avg rental loss$5,934/yr
Landlords (rental income)581
Reported capital gains330
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population19
Median age31
Household size3.2
HH income · wk$1,125
Personal income · wk$575
Persons / bedroom1.3
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)3/10
Education (IEO)1/10
Economic (IER)4/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)2/10
Top occupationsCensus
Top ancestryCensus
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Sources & freshness
Thin evidence

Treat Wami Kata as a thin local read, not a complete suburb verdict.

QuickProperty mixes release files, Census baselines, and matched local services on this page. Read the status panel before treating every metric as equally fresh.

PRICE POSTURE
Prices come from release-based suburb series.

Official quarterly house sales workbooks; units remain on ABS fallback coverage

RENT POSTURE
No local rent source is linked yet.

Treat the rent field as missing until a market or plausible Census rent value is linked.

SERVICE POSTURE
Service coverage is matched locally, not inferred nationally.

Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.

Data status
Property prices
SA metropolitan median house sales · Official quarterly house sales workbooks; units remain on ABS fallback coverage
stable source · automated · every update · quarterly
Missing
Market rent
ABS Census 2021 · No market rent source linked
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Missing
Crime
State crime dataset · 2024-25 · Area-level release dataset
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025 · No local school matches exposed
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Hospitals
AIHW · No linked local hospital coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Transport
GTFS feeds · No matched local transport stops
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Population growth
ABS ERP · 2025 · Annual estimate series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · 2026 · Annual release series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
Available means a direct local dataset is linked. Verify means coverage exists but freshness or precision is weaker, such as ABS price fallback, Census rent fallback, or low-confidence hospital matching.
Sparse locality note

This page stays indexable because Wami Kata is a real locality with enough context to be directionally useful. The tradeoff is that coverage is lighter than a stronger suburb profile, so the read should stay cautious.

WHY IT LOOKS LIGHTER
This is a real locality, but it has a very small Census footprint.

Small-population localities can still be worth checking, but rankings, comparisons, and broad suburb assumptions become noisier faster.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops.

The main gaps on this page are school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page as a location clue, not a standalone investment verdict.

Lean on nearby suburbs, rankings, and the state hub for stronger comparables before treating this as a shortlist call.

Page status
INDEXED WITH LIGHTER COVERAGE

This page remains visible, but it should be read as a locality brief rather than a full-confidence suburb profile.

HOW TO READ THIS PAGE

This page is useful for direction-setting, not closure. Use it to frame the locality, then confirm the story with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

If Wami Kata feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Blanche Harbor better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds rent coverage · stronger market coverage

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Miranda better covered
better market coverage

pop same · adds rent coverage · stronger market coverage

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Port Augusta better covered
better market coverage

pop +6400 · adds rent coverage · stronger market coverage

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Wami Kata FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Wami Kata in?

    Wami Kata is in the Port Augusta Local Government Area, SA, postcode 5700. Council-level context for Port Augusta LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. Is Wami Kata a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Wami Kata show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  3. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Wami Kata?

    Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.

  4. How often is the Wami Kata data updated?

    Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.